The Rumpleville series are contemporary fables that are replete with social commentary…The fairy tale format highlights the perverse morality of contemporary culture and foiled promised of “happily ever after” endings.

This was from the press release I received with the book. I requested the book because I thought it was a children’s book. I still thought that when I took it out of the mailing envelope and saw a children’s book. It wasn’t until a few pages into the book that I realized this is not for kids. So, of we completely take that off the table I can review it as a book for more mature readers, let’s say teenagers or older.

A boy realizes he is being followed home by a bomb (that hides in the landfills). As he walks by his neighbors house (the only part of the book I truly enjoyed) he remembers all of the reasons he dislikes them. Once home there is this

“Suddenly something chafed against my leg. I glanced down, and there at my feet was the cutest bomb I had ever seen.”

The boy wants to keep it, but his parents won’t let him, relating it to having a dog. I won’t spoil the end, but really it just made an absurd book bad. My husband disliked it more than I did. The illustrations were okay and I suppose kids would enjoy the art. You would have to make up your own story.

This is book three in the Rumpleville Chronicles.

This was not to my sense of humor (except the neighbor gibberish part), but it would probably appeal to someone with a more twisted sense of humor. If that person might be you, leave a comment and I’ll mail the book on to you, free of charge.

What about me?

I’m a mom and wife who loves books. I also love movies, red wine, and chocolate, although not necessarily in that order. We’ve been in the Cleveland area for thirteen years. I have a wonderful husband who never complains when I bring another book home, new son Gage and two furry kids-Scout the cat and Max the dog.